Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, And kept close from the birds of the heavens.
It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
It hath been hid from the eyes of all living. And from the fowl of the heavens It hath been hidden.
For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.
Job — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
J O B CHAP. XXVIII. The strain of this chapter is very unlike the rest of this book. Job forgets his sores, and all his sorrows, and talks like a philosopher or a virtuoso. Here is a great deal both of natural and moral philosophy in this discourse; but the…